9-letter words containing f, i
- fortieths — Plural form of fortieth.
- fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortifier — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fortition — Phonetics. a phonological process that strengthens consonant articulation at the beginnings of syllables, causing devoicing or the formation of stops.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- fortnight — the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
- fortran i — An early version of Fortran designed by John Backus at IBM for the IBM 704. The design was begun in 1954 and a compiler released in April 1957.
- fortuning — Present participle of fortune.
- fortunize — to make happy or fortunate
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
- fossarian — fossor.
- fossicked — Simple past tense and past participle of fossick.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fossilify — (dated) To fossilize.
- fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- fossilist — One who is versed in the science of fossils.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- fossorial — digging or burrowing.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- fountains — Plural form of fountain.
- four bits — 50 cents.
- foveiform — shaped like a small pit or depression
- fowl mite — any of various mites parasitic in birds, usually bloodsucking and including the red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), both pests of poultry
- fps units — an Imperial system of units based on the foot, pound, and second as the units of length, mass, and time. For scientific and most technical purposes these units have been replaced by SI units
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
- fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- fraîcheur — freshness
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- frailties — Plural form of frailty.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francis i — 1494–1547, king of France 1515–47.
- francisco — a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.
- franconia — a medieval duchy in Germany, largely in the valley of the Main River.
- frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- franglais — French spoken or written with a large admixture of English words, especially those of American origin.
- franseria — any of several herbs or shrubs of the genus Franseria, native to western North America.
- franticly — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.